shareholding
noun/ˈʃɛrˌhoʊldɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #16,625 most common English word
Meaning
the ownership of shares in a company; the number or proportion of shares held by a person or group.
Example sentence
The company announced that her shareholding had increased to fifteen percent of all shares.
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